Although the family that adopted Ignacio said they didn’t know that his biological parents were murdered by the regime, many others have been taken to court and are serving sentences for stealing babies away from their real families.
Many of those who were loyal to the junta – some of whom were military – visited prisons, deliberately looking at repressed mothers and choosing their children for themselves.

“Until the Lord himself decides to take the breath from my body, nothing, no gag order, no bullying tactics, will stop me from telling my story with the bursting testimony that’s my heart.”

A critique of abuse allegations based on the contested theory of Munchausen’s Syndrome By Proxy, published in 2004 in Nexus Magazine, Australia.

Case from 2012, under Article 8 (Right to Family Life) of the European Convention of Human Rights involving forced adoption.

Judgment of European Court of Human Rights on Right to Family Life under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights. Date: 26 February 2006.

Judgment of European Court of Human Rights on Right to Family Life under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights. Date: 24 January 2017.

Judgment of European Court of Human Rights on Right to Family Life under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights. Date: 23 March 2017.

Judgment of European Court of Human Rights on Right to Family Life under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights. Date: 20 June 2017